Spencer Brasure Wants Pen Pals

Those who seek pen pals on death row might want to write to Spencer Brasure. Brasure is one of the many death row inmates that the web site, Canadian Citizens Against the Death Penalty has decided to feature on there "pen pals" page.

It is ironic that one of the large headlined pleas in this web site are "Stop the Torture." They feel that the death sentence is murder and that these poor souls are victims of our society. Some of the death row inmates have web pages where their art and poetry or incoherent ramblings are displayed, along with their photos. Some of the less talented, simply have their name and a request to "reach out" to the outside world. After all, life on Death Row is not pleasant.

Some states feel they have the right to do this; to contact people on the outside and tell them their sob stories, as well as ask for money. Some states, such as Florida, have banned death row inmates from such contact, in the interest of protecting the unsuspecting public.

I never heard of Spencer Brasure until I wrote this article. Probably many people haven't heard of him or the crime he committed to get him sent to Death Row. The web site never lists the crimes of their adopted victims. None of the inmates express remorse or admit guilt. They are all innocent and the murderers are those who have sentenced them to death.

Let me tell you a little about the poor, unfortunate Mr. Brasure. On September 6, 1996, the twenty-eight year old Brasure and an accomplice, Billy Davis, met up with former child actor Anthony Guest at a hotel in Hawthorne, California. Guest was scheduled to walk his sister down the aisle for her wedding two weeks later. Why he met up with Brasure and Davis is still a mystery, but whatever the circumstances, he certainly didn't deserve what happened to him in that room.

Guest was hog tied by both of the men and repeatedly zapped with a cattle prod. He was gagged after being forced to eat glass and having a broken beer bottle shoved down his throat and his mouth taped shut. The two men took turns bashing Guest in the head and electrocuting him with the electric prod.